Gas-producer.



'entran stradine rarnnr opinion.

JAMES A. HERRICK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GAS-PRODUCER.

rammen oet. ie, raie?. Serial No. 637,615. Divided and this application led August 7,

jl (1)75 566, Specification of Letters Patent.

Original application filed July 10, 1911,

1911. Serial No. 642,622.

To all whom it may concern.' y ducler. The lower section 2 is provided eX- Be 1t known that I, JAMES A. HERRICK. '-.teriorly with a ring member 6, which eX- ytends entirely thereabout intermediate its ,ends and is bolted to the casing 7. rlhis iring member is rotatably supported upon wheels 8 which are journaled in brackets 10 secured to the uprights 3. Section 2 may be revolved by means of a worm 11 which engages worm teeth 12 formed upon ring member 6.

rlhe u-pper section 1, in the present instance,'is provided with an annular curtain or partition 13 which divides said section into two chambers 14: and 15. Chamber 14 receives the fuel which is discharged into the producer through a feeding device 16 and chamber 15 is a mixing chamber into 'l which the gas passes before it is discharged i from the producer through the delivery pipe i shown in dotted lines at 17. T he wall which iconstitutes the partition 13 is supported by means of a metallic ring 18 which is iiXed to casing 5s of section 1, said ring in the eration of the producer. present instance being composed of a plu- Another object is to provide poking dei rality of independent sections, one of which vices which mayy be inserted or removed is shown at 20 in Fig. 2. riFhese sections are from the producer at will. v securely bolted together, so that the struc- Other objects will be in part obvious, and ture is substantially solid. The brick work in pafrt pointed out hereinafter. of the upper section is supported upon this The invention accordingly lconsists in the continuous ring like support. Each of the features of construction, combinations of members 20 which constitute the support 18 elements and arrangements of parts, which is formed with an aperture extending lonwill be exemplified in the construction heregitudinally thereof, in the present instance i'nafter described, and the scopejof the apg a pipe as at 21 being cast therein. rihe sevplication of which will be indicated-in the eral pipes are then connected as by means following claims., 'of bends 22, so that a continuous water cirln the accompanying drawings wherein i v culating system 1s provided inring like is illustrated a preferred embodiment of lsupport 18, which tends to keep the same in my invention, Figure l.

residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gras-Producers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the manufacture of producer gas, and more particularly to a new and improved mechanically operated gas producer, the present application being a division of my co-pending application, Serial No. (337,615, filed July 10, 1911.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide improved means for stirring the mass within the producer.

Another object is to provide improved means whereby the inner wall of the producer may be kept free from such accumulations as might result from the caking of partly consumed fuel therein, or from elinkers which might tend to adhere to the wall, thereby interfering with the effective ops a view in vertical a cool condition during the operation of the section showing the same; and Fig. 2 is a iprodncer. i contemplate that this ring-suphorizontal sectional view, taken snbstanlport may be cooled or ventilated in some tially on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. other way than by water, and l use the Similaireference characters refer to simiword ventilata in the claims as well -as lar parts throughout both figures of the the words water-cooled interchangeably, drawing. |and contemplate any equivalent means or Referring now to the drawing, the prolmethod. It will be noted that each of the ducer proper is composed of a casing di- \membe.rs 20 has an inwardly extending part vided horizontally into two relatively mov- |23, and that the wall 13 is arched as at able sections denoted by the numerals 1 and 24, each arch spanning the s ace between 2, respectively. ln the present instance the lthe adjacent inwardly exten ing portions upper section 1 is stationary, and the lower 23 of the members 20. section 2 is revoluble. The upper section is l Formed in the cover portion 25 of the prosupported by means of uprights 3, said uplducer between the wall 13 and the outer wall rights being provided with brackets 4,

of the producer is a sheathed aperture 26, which are ixed to the casing 5 of the prosaid aperture being adapted to receive a reyeo movable poker 27, said poker extending downwardly into the movable section 2 ad-V jacent one of the inwardly extending portions 23 of the sections 20, as shown, so that during the rotation of section 2, the poker will be rigidly supported against lateral movement through its engagement with portion 23. The poker 27 is cooled as by means of a pipe 28 which extends downwardly therethrough, and terminates adjacent the lower end of the poker, the water discharged into the poker from pipe 28 being conducted therefrom as by means of a pipe 30 which is attached to thepoker at its upper end. This poker may be removed from the producer by any suitable means, in the present instance a chain 31 being attached thereto as by means of a hanger 32. This chain may be secured toa block and tackle, if desired.

One of the sections 20 of the supporting member 18 is provided with an obliquely disposed aperture 33 which is adapted to receive a poker 34 which extends therethroughV and into the interior of the movable section 2. This poker may also be readily removed from aperture 33 when desired. Poker 34 is cooled as by means of a pipe 35 which extends therein, and the water delivered into *the poker from this pipe may be discharged by means of pipe 36. It will be noted that poker 27 is so located that the lower end is' adjacent the inner surface of the wall thereof, so that during the rotation of section 2 any accumulations which may form upon the inner wall may be removed. The mass adjacent the outer edges of the mass may also be engaged by this po-ker and agitated during the rotation of said section 2. The poker 34 extends obliquely into the section 2 substantially to the central portion thereof to stir the mass during the rot-ation of said section.

I prefer to construct the lower section 'with a bottom slightly less than that of the upper section `so that the latter will overhang the upper section, as shown in Fig. 1. The overhanging portion of section 1 is provided with a downwardly extending member 37 which enters a trough 38 carried by the lower section 2. Trough 38 is intended to be iilled with water; the parts 37 and 38 thereby forming a water seal between the relatively movable portions of the producer. It will accordingly be seen that I have provided a construction particularly well adapted to attain, among others, all the aims and lobjects above set forth in a very eiicient manner. The pokers operate to prevent the formation of crevices or fissures in the contained mass, thereby insuring the production of gas of even quality. v

@ne important advantage inherent in the construction described herein is the fact that the various parts being removable, repair or replacement of any part burned out may be novarese accomplished with the expenditure of very little time and labor.`

As many changes could be made in the valcove construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this. invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. It is also to be understood that the language used in the following claims is intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described and all statements of the scope of the invention, which as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a gas producer, in combination, a casing provided with a xed upper section and a revpluble lower section, an annular chamber located in the upper section andY spaced from the side walls thereof to provide a mixing chamber, said chamber being open at its lower end, a plurality of castings embedded in the wall of the upper section at the lower end thereof, said castings provided with horizontally spaced inwardly eX- tending integrally formed members which support both walls of said chamber, means for connect-ing together said castings whereby a substantially continuous metallic ring is formed about the lower end of said upper section, .and means for conducting water through all of said castings.

2. A gas producer comprising two inde? pendent concentric casings, one above the other and relatively rotatable, the upper cas- 105 ing having an interior lining from top to bottom thereof, said lining having an lnterior diameter less than that of the lower casing, so that said lining overhangs the interior of the lower casing, a metallic ring at the bottom of the lining for support-ing the same, said supporting ring being carried at the lower end and interiorly of the upper casing, said lining and said ring providing a.straightaway opening for a poker or the 115 like wherein a poker or the like may be held rigid against lateral movement.

3. A gas producer comprising two independent concentric casings, one above the other, the upper casing having an interior lining from top to bottom thereof, said lining having an interior diameter less than that of the lowercasing, so that said lining overhangs the interior of the lower casing, a cover extending over the upper casing and its lining, a metallic ring at the bottom of the lining for support-ing the same, said supporting ring being carried at the lower end and interiorly of the upper casing, said cover, said lining, and said ring providing a lhollow lining,

straight-away opening wherein a poker or the like may be held rigid against lateral movement.

4. A gas producer comprising a casing having a cover portion, and a hollow lining of refractory material supported interiorly of the casing, said hollow lining having an openin at its lower end to the interior of the casing and an opening to the exterior of the casing, and a ventilated support for said having portions beneath both walls of said lining and leaving the opening into the chamber substantially unobstructed, said lining and said ring being further provided with registering openings through which a poker may be inserted.

5. A gas producer comprising two independent concentric sections one above the other and relatively rotatable, the upper section having a mounting for a poker in one of its walls, and said upper section having at its lower end a metallic member extending inwardly and providing an aperture in registry with said poker mounting, whereby a poker may be inserted through the said mounting and through the opening in said inwardly extending member and down into' the lower` section and held rigid against lateral movement.

6. A gas producer comprising two inde- 'ity of pendent concentric sections one above the other and relatively rotatable, the upper section having a mounting for a poker in one of its walls, and said upper section having at its lower end a metallic member extending inwardly and roviding an aperture in registry with said) poker may be inserted through the said mounting and through the opening in said inwardly extending member and down into the lower section and held rigid against lateral movement, said inwardly vextending member being ventilated.

7. Agas producer comprising a casing, a structure of refractory material lining the inner wall of the casing at its upper end, supporting means for said structure disposed about the inner wall of the casing, said supporting means comprising a pluralsegmental metallic members united into a continuous ring and having tortuous passages therethrough, and pipes connecting together the adjacent ends of the passages in contiguous members.

In testimony whereof Lax my signature in the presence of two witnesses. v

JAMES A. HERRXCK. Witnesses:

A. S. HONIGSBERG, NA .1:1 1i flfnonrson.,

poker mounting, whereby a. 

